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RE: Exploring the fear of darkness
Fear of the dark is simply the primal fear of the unknown; an obsolete survival mechanism.
When Elon Musk was a kid, he was afraid of the dark. Then he read a physics book and decided that it was "silly" to be afraid of the absence of photons!
Thanks for the excellent article.
Namaste, Jaichai
hahahaah well that's a smart way to solve this fear, but most people, especially kids, won't be as analytical as Musk :P
You're right.
But most kids - no matter how traumatized from the past - could reason things out more if adults cared enough to take the time to show them how to decide what is and is not to be feared via self-learning.
Sadly, this doesn't happen very often.
Why is this?
Because most adults don't know that simple process either!
But if taught properly with patience and empathy, the lesson learned (i.e., conquering fears begins with simply knowing what "it" really is or is not) can be used for the rest of their lives...
Namaste, Jaichai
That is correct, with some kids they might be to young to really be capable of reasoning things like you say, but there is this cool product that I mentioned in the article https://www.glowaway.co/ , that uses the child innocence and naivety to "protect" them from the dark. Very cool product.
Cheers mate!